This data collection contains survey information gathered
from a sample of people who had recently filed for Social Security
benefits or enrolled for Medicare in 1970. The purpose of the study
was to learn the extent to which the Social Security program was
meeting the needs and expectations of persons entitled to benefits.
Respondents supplied information concerning their health, health
insurance, physical disabilities, job characteristics of
current/last/longest employment (e.g., type o... (more info)

This data collection contains survey information gathered
from a sample of people who had recently filed for Social Security
benefits or enrolled for Medicare in 1970. The purpose of the study
was to learn the extent to which the Social Security program was
meeting the needs and expectations of persons entitled to benefits.
Respondents supplied information concerning their health, health
insurance, physical disabilities, job characteristics of
current/last/longest employment (e.g., type of industry, private,
federal government, state or local government, self-employed, or
working without pay), hours worked per week, reasons for leaving
longest job, attitudes about adequacy of income, types of income
currently receiving, ability to afford to stop working, type of
retirement (e.g., early, compulsory, willing, or unwilling), pension
plans, and attitudes toward Social Security benefits. Other
demographic information includes home ownership, highest grade
completed, marital status, and spouse's income and job type. Survey
responses are linked with administrative data. The units of analysis
are persons and earnings.

Access Notes

One or more data files in this study are set up in a non-standard format, such as card image format. Users
may need help converting these files before they can be used for analysis.

These data are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions. Because you are not
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will be able to download these data.

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Study Description

Citation

Social Security Administration. SURVEY OF NEWLY-ENTITLED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARIES, 1970. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2002. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07659.v1